Reposted by Leah LitmanElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1hI will not stoop to their level. I will not stoop to their level. I will not denigrate this woman based on her immutable characteristics, speaking style, or apparent illiteracy. I will not stoop to their level... 99971124
Reposted by Leah LitmanCrooked Media @crooked.com · 2h@leahlitman.bsky.social: What's the issue with the extraterritoriality cause? Kirti Datla: The number one problem is... it's made up. 0308
Reposted by Leah LitmanChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3hNEW: In the Common Cause-led DHS pro-Trump ads case, Judge Rochon orders parties into court at 10a Wednesday. "Defendants shall be prepared to address the information in Plaintiffs' submission." 213740
Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 6hOoph - I do not have a great feeling about this one... bsky.app/profile/chri... 912731
Reposted by Leah LitmanSam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026A new piece from me, a provocation really: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comThe "Nerd Circuit": Creating a New Court for Regulatory Challenges<span> <p><span>In recent years, opponents of new Executive Branch initiatives have developed a standard playbook for tying up those initiatives in court: 54922
Reposted by Leah LitmanAndy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 8hNEW: Among the Truth Social posts we found shared by incoming White House press secretary Katie Zacharia were a seemingly pro-Putin post claiming he was fighting a “cabal” in Ukraine, and another implying Joan Rivers was killed for saying Michelle Obama had a penis. www.cnn.com/2026/10/12/p...cnn.comNew White House press secretary has a history of conspiracy-laced social media posts | CNN PoliticsPresident Donald Trump’s incoming White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, repeatedly made baseless accusations of pedophilia against prominent Democrats and shared conspiracy-related content, inc... 94611270
Reposted by Leah LitmanKate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 8hI’ve got a piece in the @nytimes.com this morning about why Supreme Court reform has to be at the top of any agenda for democratic repair www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Democrats Need a Plan for Supreme Court Reform. Here’s a Start. (Gift Article)Why Democrats must prioritize court reform. 591578374
Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 20hNot ALL better but we’re optimistic she is improving and on the mend - we have another follow up in two weeks. Thanks for asking! ♥️ 120
Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 22hTimeline juice: Stevie, the cutest dog and best girl in the whole world 1034012
Reposted by Leah LitmanKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026BREAKING WaPo: A federal judge issued a temporary order Sunday blocking the Trump admin from airing those propaganda ads. But the administration blew past that deadline and ran two of the ads into the early hours of Monday, advertising data shows.washingtonpost.comTrump blew past deadline to halt running taxpayer-funded campaign-style adsA coalition of nonprofits had sued, calling the ads “propaganda.” The president has said campaign funds would be used to pay for the commercials going forward. 1641804628
Reposted by Leah LitmanAdam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 12/10/2026A federal judge released her opinion explaining the reason she blocked the taxpayer-funded pro-Trump ads. Common Cause is "likely to succeed in showing that the advertisements are impermissible 'publicity or propaganda,'" the ruling states. Doc buff.ly/aRZs8Ru 133693
Reposted by Leah LitmanDan Weiner @danw329.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Bombshell from NYT’s @teddyschleifer.bsky.social: upcoming filings show that Elon Musk, whose companies hold billions in federal contracts, has already dropped a record $366M on the midterms, much of it to help the Senate GOP. Hard to think of a historical parallel. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...nytimes.comInside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for RepublicansThe world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history. 710751
Reposted by Leah LitmanAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Judge Reyes' opening statement to the DOJ as the hearing begins: "I am thoroughly unamused right now." 442288665
Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026VERY important point from my colleague Sam Bagenstos - the 2026 Senate races will determine the future of the Supreme Court and federal courts more broadly. Which means the 2026 Senate race in MICHIGAN could determine the future of the Supreme Court 13475126
Reposted by Leah LitmanJamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 11/10/2026A massive, and massively underrated, threat to a functioning democracy. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...nytimes.comThreats of Political Violence Have America’s Elected Officials Living in Fear (Gift Article)A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office. 122837314
Reposted by Leah LitmanGabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 10/10/20265th Cir. issues a rare Saturday order. Holds that the Supreme Court's stay in D.V.D. forecloses a stay of removal for a Senegalese man with witholding of removal to Senegal who DHS intends to immediately deport to Sierra Leone. www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub... 411132
Reposted by Leah LitmanEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026And the five-year-old boy who was in the car? His mom says he's "traumatized" and hasn't spoken since the shooting. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/n... 9410187
Reposted by Leah LitmanGhouloni @joshghiloni.me · 09/10/2026When I read a book by an author whose voice I know I read it in their voice, so today I said fuck it and checked out Lawless by @leahlitman.bsky.social on Libby and she’s actually reading it to me. Only a half hour in, but it’s fantastic. 1331
Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026static.klipy.comBarbara Hill Reports A Murder on NeighboursALT: Barbara Hill Reports A Murder on Neighbours 2931
Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Jon Ossoff:static.klipy.comStand By Me: Want to See a Dead Body?Alt: Stand By Me: Want to See a Dead Body? 733439
Reposted by Leah LitmanMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Supreme Court enabled that violent movement via United States v Cruickshank (a decision that Roberts #SCOTUS later echoed in Trump v United States [worth reading @leahlitman.bsky.social's Lawless where she lays this all out. pp 96-97, 139] 18024
Reposted by Leah LitmanSteven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Christa Pike’s attorneys have just released an update on her condition. Full release here: 517652
Reposted by Leah LitmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026Hegseth: "In every combat position, we've returned the standard to the highest male standard only" 216478138
Reposted by Leah LitmanAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Haha wow is this comically corrupt. /he didn't end up paying her the money because he said he'd get in trouble with his wife. 41957252
Reposted by Leah LitmanRick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#ELB: “‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account” electionlawblog.org/2026/honey-plea… 25416
Reposted by Leah LitmanSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW 3444681469
Reposted by Leah LitmanCrooked Media @crooked.com · 06/10/2026@leahlitman.bsky.social on Alito recusal: Vergogna occasionally still works. 04211
Reposted by Leah LitmanChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW: Following the Supreme Court OK'ing states' trans sports bans, ADF is now taking its targeting of states with pro-trans sports policies to SCOTUS — via the shadow docket in a case out of Washington. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...documentcloud.org26A458 10253124
Reposted by Leah LitmanQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Cool www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... 1315317
Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Steve took one for the team - and read Justice Alito's book. And Steve's response? INJECT IT INTO MY VEINS Also, Steve to Justice Alito:static.klipy.comWalter White: Say My NameAlt: Walter White: Say My Name 213617
Reposted by Leah LitmanChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Beyond the horrifying reality that a hospital is trying to "clear the pentobarbital from [Christa Pike's] system" currently, the litigation over Tennessee's actions this week will shine a very clear light on the many, many reasons why governments should not be trusted with killing their citizens. 15877245
Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Check out my piece in the @contrariannews.org talking about what’s going on at SCOTUS - and what’s on tap… www.contrariannews.org/p/next-on-th...contrariannews.orgNext on the Docket: Dismantling DemocracyThe Supreme Court is enabling Trump’s corruption while also doing the kind of institutional damage that will long outlast him. 14824
Reposted by Leah LitmanTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources 7943342
Reposted by Leah LitmanLaura Petto @laurarpetto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Why did no one on jeopardy get Dobbs v Jackson women’s health last night?!?!? Idk seems like the case overturning Roe is something everyone should know, and definitely people studying trivia. At least Ken seemed disappointed 1243636
Reposted by Leah LitmanSam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026More confirmation that the Trump Administration is staying underground with its anti-abortion plans until after the midterms. www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...washingtonsun.comWhite House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the MidtermsAttorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election. 5175105
Reposted by Leah LitmanLegal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: Leah Litman, University of Michigan law professor and Strict Scrutiny co-host, joins Somil Trivedi of Court Accountability Action to discuss the Supreme Court's horrific order allowing the Trump Administration to send immigrants to random countries they're not from, without a hearing.youtube.comSupreme Court Makes SHOCK RULING on Trump Case...YouTube video by Legal AF 57731
Reposted by Leah LitmanNiko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@leahlitman.bsky.social makes the case for Supremacy (the book, not the idea!) in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social:lareviewofbooks.orgWho Is Supreme, the People or the Court? | Los Angeles Review of BooksNikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan’s new book challenges the supremacy of judicial review over democracy itself. 16021
Reposted by Leah LitmanChristine Kexel Chabot @kexelchabot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Since when is it anti-democratic for a President to abide by the terms of a federal statute? @leahlitman.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social have an important new paper highlighting slippery slope problems presented by the strong form of UET: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comIs the Unitary Executive Democratic or Autocratic Governance?This essay examines whether the unitary executive theory provides for democratic or autocratic governance. It argues that the unitary executive theory's underly 24014
Reposted by Leah LitmanWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Another person has died in Trump's concentration camps. 47-year-old Julian Curo-Churata was from Peru. He died on Sept. 29 after he was imprisoned for three months in Richwood Correctional Center in Louisiana. That camp is run by LaSalle Corrections. There's no cause of death listed.ice.govIllegal alien from Peru passes away in ICE custody in LouisianaICE is committed to ensuring that all those in custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments. 11337152
Reposted by Leah LitmanCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026(Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said he regretted nominating three Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh, .. according to a Time Magazine interview. ".. What can I do? .. I gave them the position of a lifetime, and they vote against me often." 98738213
Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I reviewed SUPREMACY for the Los Angeles Review of Books! @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/supr...lareviewofbooks.orgWho Is Supreme, the People or the Court? | Los Angeles Review of BooksNikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan’s new book challenges the supremacy of judicial review over democracy itself. 19429
Reposted by Leah LitmanSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026As promised, I wrote about what really bothers me about Tuesday's unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for the resumption of third-country removals with minimal (if any) process. Turns out, it's a lot: www.stevevladeck.com/p/254-four-t...stevevladeck.com254. Four Things That (Really) Bother Me About “D.V.D. III”“Third-country removals” raise a host of difficult procedural and substantive questions. The Supreme Court should have answered those questions *before* greenlighting deportations to torture. 18508196
Reposted by Leah LitmanChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026UPDATE: At a call with the federal court tonight, "the state [of Tennessee] represented that medical personnel have begun to administer medical care as requested in the motion." 2042382
Reposted by Leah LitmanZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/10/2026Tennessee's last botched execution was way back in [checks notes] May. "Mark Fowler, the doctor who was involved in Carruthers’ attempted execution, also oversaw Pike’s — at this time — attempted death sentence."wsmv.comDoctor involved in Tony Carruthers’ botched execution administered Christa Pike’s lethal injection — and she’s still aliveIhnen confirmed the team is filing a motion to stay the execution, the latest in a back-and-forth over the “Jobs Corps Murder” convict’s execution. 713855
Reposted by Leah LitmanSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026By my math, the order was filed 11 minutes after the Trump administration's reply brief came in. 401242255
Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026static.klipy.comI'm Dead Lmao Reaction MemeAlt: I'm Dead Lmao Reaction Meme 0974